The use of Jiuqu as a saccharifying and fermenting starter in the production of fermented
foods is a very old biotechnological process that can be traced back to ancient times. Jiuqu …

The market value of distilled beverage relies on its quality with a major contribution of
distinctive and fascinating aromas. The aroma of distilled beverage is built on the basis of …

Characterizing natural selection signatures and relationships with phenotype spectra is
important for understanding human evolution and both biological and pathological …

Alcoholic beverages played an essential role in rituals in ancient societies. Here we report
the first evidence for beer drinking in the context of burial ritual in early Holocene southern …

Sino-Tibetan is the second largest language family in the world. Recent linguistic and
genetic studies have traced its origin to Neolithic millet farmers in the Yellow River region of …

Highlights•Domestication is a coevolution process between human and other
organisms.•Yeast domestication may have predated plant and animal domestication.•One …

The baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has become a powerful model in ecology and
evolutionary biology. A global effort on field survey and population genetics and genomics of …

China's long history of alcoholic beverage production can be traced to the beginning of the
Neolithic period when feasting with such drinks became essential in ritual and political …

Despite being one of the most important crops in the recent prehistory of Eurasia, the arrival
and exploitation of millets in the westernmost part of Europe are still largely underexplored …

The origins of rice domestication and the beginnings of alcoholic fermentation in China are
intriguing research topics, with the Shangshan culture in the Lower Yangzi River region …